After the battle on August 3, the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Songshan front line was in a strange calm, and both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties were brewing the next battle. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the third day, Hong Chengchou, Wang Chengen, Zhang Ruoqi and others were sent to Beijing in an expedited manner of 800 miles. Of course, this is just a claim, but in fact, it is still moving forward at the limit speed of 300 miles in a day and night.

There were no large streams of rogues in the north, and the post delivery in various places was relatively perfect, and these good news were all sent by the Songshan front-line supervisors and supervising troops, and the specifications were super-standard, so several letters did not stop all the way, and arrived at the Beijing division on August 6 at a compact speed.

On the day of the arrival of the good news, the entire Beijing division was sensational, and the news of the Ming army of Loess Ridge winning a great victory, beheading more than 2,000 people in the first battle, and beheading the enemy chief Azig in the battle, spread all over the Beijing division and all over Gyeonggi.

The Jingshi was boiling, and those who were Xuanjie were also treated beyond the norms, and in the early court held by Emperor Chongzhen on August 7, all the members were led to the imperial front by officials of Honglu Temple, and they read the Jieyin one by one.

When the hundred officials have auspicious clothes, after waiting for Xuanjie, the official of Honglu Temple made a speech, and the officials bowed five times and kowtowed, and then the Hanlin Institute wrote an article, and the Taichang Temple did the sacrifices, that is, the officials recommended the suburban temple, and the big sacrifice was celebrated.

Up and down the Beijing Division, firecrackers and thunder rang out for days, and the gentry and the common people celebrated for many days.

The news spread to the East Road, and when I heard that Uncle Zhong Yong had led the army to victory, the soldiers and civilians on the East Road were boiling and lively.

The battle of Jinzhou, Emperor Chongzhen can be said to be always worried in his heart, often worried in his heart, after the news of the victory on the front line, immediately Longyan was happy, and the sacred heart was comforted, as if he had eaten a reassuring pill and settled down.

In the past few days, he has been smiling and in a happy mood, and after the morning of the seventh day, he specially summoned the cabinet minister Zhang Sizhi. Li Rixuan, Chen Xinjia, and Li waited for everyone to ask everyone in the Wenhua Palace. It was decreed that the front-line officers would be rewarded.

At this time, the first assistant of the cabinet, Fan Fucui, was finally approved by Emperor Chongzhen and was able to return to his hometown, and Zhang Sizhi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He was appointed as the First and Auxiliary Minister.

Zhang Sizhi used to be the emperor's teacher, so he was known as Emperor Chongzhen's respect and trust, and because of his improper appearance (he had ulcers on his face), he was attacked by officials.

However, after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he became more and more disgusted with the officials. The more the official impeached, the more he reused, so Zhang Sizhi's official luck has always been good. From the Guozi Priest Wine, the Right Squire of the Ministry of Rites, to the Book of the Ministry of Rites, and then worshiped as a scholar of the Wuyingdian University, plus the Prince Taibao, and now it has reached its peak. He is the first assistant to the cabinet.

It's just that how prominent is the position of the first assistant? Zhang Sizhi would be fine if he was relieved to be his secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Shoufu's position has always been the object of Chen Xinjia's prying eyes, how can Zhang Sizhi sit on it?

In addition, Zhang Sizhi's talent is mediocre and has no outstanding political achievements, and even cabinet ministers Li Rixuan and Li Zhiwen are dissatisfied with him, and everyone unites to help him, and Zhang Sizhi has not long been in the position of first assistant. There are already signs of instability.

And not long ago, there was another incident, Zhang Sizhi's hometown of Fei County was robbed by bandits. Zhang Sizhi has just sat in the position of first assistant to the cabinet, in order to show justice. On official business, he instructed Zhang Jinyan, the minister of the department, to refer to Li Peiyuan, the magistrate of Fei County, Wang Pu, the instructor Sun Zhenzuo, and Hu Jing, the head of the hundred households in Yizhou, and put them in prison.

This can poke a hornet's nest, in this era of the Ming Dynasty, it is reasonable to pay attention to helping relatives or not, relatives committing crimes, and family members concealing them on their behalf. Regardless of whether the people in your hometown are right or wrong, it is right for you to help people, and it is a big mistake for you to help your relatives or not.

A Fei County man who grew up drinking Fei County water treats his parents, officials and fellow villagers like this, it is really a thousand knives. Therefore, needless to say, the local crowd is full of affection, and even a student surnamed Sun in Fei County scolded Zhang Sizhi, and his words were extremely ugly, and in Fei County dialect, he was "a big girl".

And Zhang Sizhi's approach did not arouse any goodwill in the Ming officialdom, or even collective rejection. The same year is extremely important in this era, just look at Fan Jinzhongju. …,

If you become a cabinet elder, the hometown people don't talk about it if they don't rely on it, and they have a black hand behind your back, so what's the use of you being an official? Zhang Sizhi's younger brother Zhang Siwei sued Zhang Sizhi for not being guilty, saying that he got drunk one day and defrauded his brother's property, and also said that he was acting in accordance with the order that day, not saying anything, and also deceiving the king and misleading the country.

After the news of this incident came out, the officials made a noise, and some people even dug out the old accounts of Wanli Nian and impeached Zhang Sizhi's godson. Because Zhang Sizhi has been an official in Beijing for a long time, neglecting his family education, and his son is not doing his job, he was arrested and killed by a county official surnamed Yao during the Wanli period.

After this person was impeached, the folds of the impeachment of Zhang Sizhi by the public officials were stacked to a height of one person, and Zhang Sizhi's life deeds were also carefully watched under a magnifying glass.

However, Zhang Sizhi is quite obsessed with officialdom, and after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs in history, he was just given a small position in Jining Dao's military equipment, and he was busy taking office. The first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, how illustrious, how many people have succeeded one after another, just for this position, how could Zhang Sizhi give up?

Like a reef in the wind and rain, no matter how the public officials impeached, he just resigned without taking the blame and stood firm.

At this time, he even led a group of cabinet ministers to kowtow to Emperor Chongzhen.

Like receiving the recitals of Yang Sichang and others that day, Emperor Chongzhen never got tired of seeing the recitals sent by the Songshan front, especially Wang Chengen's recitals - Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, and Wang Chengen's compromises, Wang Chengen's recitals and folds made Emperor Chongzhen trust even more.

Living up to the trust of Emperor Chongzhen, his twists and turns are basically attached to the facts, and the causes and consequences are all made clear in the compromise. Of course, there is also a little Spring and Autumn penmanship, which is a few words for Zhang Ruoqi. The reason why the sedan chair carries people, after receiving a lot of benefits, Wang Chengen will not understand.

When Zhang Sizhi and others entered the pavilion, Emperor Chongzhen was annotating Zhang Ruoqi's recital, which was entitled "The Ministry of War, Qin ordered Zhang Ruoqi to supervise the army, for the anti-slave support to besiege the Loess Nanling Pingchuan, the officers and soldiers fought hard to defend the emperor, won the Yi level, killed many thieves, and killed the slave chief Azig, and won a complete victory. Emperor Chongzhen has watched it five times, only two times less than Wang Chengen's recital.

As he watched, he annotated and circled the keywords a few times.

After the cabinet ministers entered the hall, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and asked the eunuch on duty to bring them a bench, and then played the "...... There are more than 30,000 thieves and slaves, and the iron cavalry is attacking in all directions, and the situation is very critical, and he personally beats the drums. The morale of the army was greatly boosted, and the officers and soldiers bombarded with thousands of cannons, and the slave chief Azig. Turned into powder on the spot...... In the past 20 years, there has been no such frustration outside the gate, although the slave is close to the ground to vent his anger, the slave's courage has been destroyed, although he has not passed. And if you can't do it, you can't do anything ......" drew a few circles.

Then let the eunuch on duty hand the fold to Chen Xinjia, and said to him with a smile: "Although Zhang Ruoqi is a scholar, when he fights, he dares to fight with Zhongyongbo." He also personally beat the drums to cheer for the army, and his subordinates guarded him, and he even won many heads. It seems that Chen Qing's military department still has talents, and although this Ruoqi is powerless, he is also quite courageous. ”

Zhang Sizhi looked at Chen Xinjia with different eyes, and Chen Xinjia was happy in his heart. Quickly got up and kowtowed: "This is all thanks to the power of the Holy Heaven." The ancestors are blessed, and the front-line soldiers can achieve great victory. As the emperor said, although Zhang Ruoqi is a scholar, he also understands the truth of loyalty to the country and taking the lead! ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction: "The war in Jinzhou, I don't care about it for a day. The officers and soldiers can win a great victory in the first battle, and even kill one of the big chiefs. It seems that the matter of Songjin is promising. ”

Zhang Sizhi said with a smile: "The emperor is sage." In the third year, seventh year and ninth year of Chongzhen, the thief chief Azig had broken into the border, killing and injuring many soldiers and people, and the soldiers and civilians all hated it. Now that the thief chief is dead, he should comfort the souls of the former victims in heaven! ”…,

Emperor Chongzhen nodded even more, Chen Xinjia glanced at Zhang Sizhi quietly, this should have been said by himself, but it was snatched away by Zhang Sizhi, which is really hateful. However, this person is also a grasshopper after the autumn, and he has been jumping in a few days, so let him be proud first.

Emperor Chongzhen got up and paced, sighing: "It's a pity that the body of the thief chief has not been recaptured." ”

Chen Xinjia immediately preemptively said: "This matter is clearly affirmed by Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, Wang Chengen and Zhang Ruoqi, and tens of thousands of front-line soldiers have witnessed it, so there will be no mistake!" ”

Li Rixuan, the secretary of the ministry, had a solemn complexion: "Having said that, without the body of the thief chieftain, there is no merit, and in the battle of Ningyuan that year, it was also reported that the slave chief Nurhachi was killed, and the slave chief died in recent years." If the same is true of the matter of Azig, will it not be laughable and generous, and it will damage my great prestige? ”

Chen Xinjia said angrily: "One yard is one yard, how can this matter be compared with Ning Yuan's matter?" ”

Li Rixuan said lightly: "The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and if you don't get the body of the thief chief, you can't be credited!" ”

The head of the household department Shangshu Li Zhi asked: "The minister is attached to the meaning of Li Ge Lao." ”

Zhang Sizhi's eyes flashed, and he said: "This matter really needs to be cautious, you must know that the battle of Jinzhou, all the vassal states are paying attention, it is better to slow down than to be in a hurry, so as not to laugh at China and foreign countries!" ”

Chen Xinjia was even more annoyed, and shouted: "If you don't reward your merits, won't you chill the hearts of the loyal and righteous soldiers in front?" ”

At the same time, he was vigilant, looking at the situation in the palace, Li Rixuan and several people showed signs of uniting with Zhang Sizhi.

Although Zhang Sizhi, the first assistant of the new cabinet, is a tacit understanding between himself and Li Rixuan and others, but at the moment he is in the limelight, especially in the case of successive victories in the front, it cannot be ruled out that Li Rixuan and others will squeeze themselves first, and then deal with Zhang Sizhi.

Li Rixuan has always been a person who sells direct invitations, and he is strict and clear on the surface, but in fact he is also forming a party for personal gain, and he keeps saying that he is strictly upholding the law of the country, but in private, why is he not attacking the authority of the Ministry of War?

Zhang Sizhi is a veteran of officialdom, and now the position of the first assistant to his cabinet is unstable, don't he know how to use his strength to fight?

And Li Zhiwen is conservative and negative, and any person and thing that costs money is the object of his opposition. Moreover, his position is wavering, either against it, or with his will, he was still close to himself a few days ago, but in the past few days, he has not known what benefits Li Rixuan and others have received, and he has swung to their side again.

"We'll talk about it later."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little annoyed, these ministers only knew about disputes, and they didn't know at all about worrying about me. At the same time, he was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Sizhi, who took office as the first assistant and did nothing, let alone the authority of the first assistant, so that the ministers discussed again and again and couldn't work together.

"It's better to be Yang Qing."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart.

He said: "Let's discuss Bai Guangen's matter first, the general is killed, and he must take care of it first, so that he can live and be compensated, and he must not be blamed in vain, so as not to chill the soldiers." ”

Zhang Si knew: "The emperor is wise, Bai Guangen died on the spot, bravely follow the country, the meaning of the cabinet is the example of Jin Guofeng, He Huchen, posthumously awarded him as a special Ronglu doctor, Zuo Du Governor, give sacrifices and burials, let people build ancestral halls, add the prince Shaobao, Shiyin commands the position!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded: "Then I will give it a product for the last three generations, and when its coffin is transported back, it can be paid tribute to the officials along the road, and I want to let all the people in the world know that those who died for the country will not be forgotten a little." ”

The ministers in the palace sang: "The emperor is sage." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )